Δαραί - Stephanos Ethnika

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fortress

Δαραί, ὃ ν[ῦν Δά]ρας φασί, φρούριον Ἀναστασιούπολις λεγόμενον, ὀχυρώτατον. ὁ πολίτης Δαρηνός ὡς Δουσαρά Δουσαρηνός. δύναται καὶ Δαραῖος. εἰσὶ δὲ Δαρραί διὰ δύο « ρρ » ἔθνος πρὸς τῇ Ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ.

Darai: what they now call Daras, a fortress known as Anastasioupolis, very strongly fortified. A citizen is a 'Darenos', as in 'Dousara', 'Dousarenos'. 'Daraios' is also possible. There are also the Darrai, spelt with two ρρ, a people near the Red Sea.

Text Details

Entry	#20
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 219.6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count	30
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-5.6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Δάρας	Dara (fortress) · place
Δάρας	Dara (fortress) · place
Ἀναστασιοῦπολις	Anastasioupolis (Anastasiopolis) · place · corrected · Q62996869
Δαρηνός	Darenos (demonym / citizen of Dara) · people
Δουσαρή	Dousarē (variant name/demonym) · people
Δουσαρηνός	Dousarenos (variant demonym) · people
Δαραῖος	Daraios (Daraean) · people
Δαρραί	Darrai (ethnic group / people) · people
Ἐρυθρά θάλασσα	Erythraean Sea (the Red Sea / Erythraean Sea) · place
Darai / Darras fortress near Anastasiopolis	place · fortress · Anastasiopolis area (region not otherwise specified) · explicit · unresolved
Darrai near the Red Sea	place · ethnos / place-name · near the Red Sea · explicit · unresolved

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	which now they say is 'Daras', a fortress called 'Anastasioupolis'.
Unclear Metalinguistic	the citizen is 'Darenos' (Δαρηνός), also 'Dousare' / 'Dousarenos' (Δουσαρῆ, Δουσαρηνός).
Unclear Metalinguistic	it can also be 'Daraios' (Δαραῖος).
Unclear Metalinguistic	there are also 'Darrai' with two r's, a people by the Red Sea.

Links

Place links	Dara \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol2_043.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (nominative) + ὡς + Y (nominative HOMOMORPH) formula:1bb0974b95264dde	Translate as "'X' as in 'Y'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X... + πρός + Y (dative) formula:1a524ea80fe79519	Translate as "X... near Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 2 scan rows · 2 occurrences
Formula	ὁ πολίτης + X (nominative GENTILIC) formula:9b2896a329a36c7e	Translate as "a citizen is an 'X'" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἔθνος τό gloss:918b9f988d9a14d8	people Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πολίτης ὁ gloss:1c7dda400d7265cb	citizen Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	φρούριον τό gloss:a6e2b628860e5a07	fortress Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.